hundreds
/ˈhʌn.dɹədz/
"hundreds" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hundreds” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,447. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,447
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of hundred
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hundreds |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhʌn.dɹədz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,447 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hundreds” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around hundreds (IPA /ˈhʌn.dɹədz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,447 among 23,837 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of hundred".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for hundreds, with forms such as "hhundreds", "hnudreds", and "hudnreds". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "huntress", "hundredth", "hundred", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is hundreds, spelled H-U-N-D-R-E-D-S.
Definition
- 1plural of hundred
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhundreds,hnudreds,hudnreds,hunddreds,hunderds,hundrdes,hundredds,hundredss,hundresd,hundrreds,hunndreds,hunrdeds,uhndreds
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hundreds - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “hundreds”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-U-N-D-R-E-D-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈhʌn.dɹədz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “huntress” - see the side-by-side comparison. hundreds vs huntress
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.